Chapter 338 Return, New Year's Training Plan

One ship after another sailed out of Crescent Bay and headed north.

They did not encounter any ships on the way here, but they encountered quite a few ships on the way back.

Most of them were merchant ships from Jiangnan, and the routes of these merchant ships were almost the same as theirs.

Generally speaking, merchant ships have fixed routes when they go out to sea. For example, if merchant ships from Jiangnan sail north, they are roughly divided into three destinations, Liaodong, Li Sheng Dynasty and De Sheng Dynasty.

There may be fewer merchant ships going to Liaodong, because the profit from selling goods to Liaodong is far less than that from selling to Li Sheng Dynasty and De Sheng Dynasty.

However, there is a large overlap of routes to these three destinations.

So it is not uncommon to encounter other merchant ships.

It was mid-March at this time, and the southeast monsoon in the Dayong East Sea could provide greater power for ships. Therefore, mid-March every year is the beginning of Jiangnan merchant ships sailing north.

Of course, it is also the beginning of active pirates.

However, Yang Zhengshan is not worried about pirates.

They have nearly 20 warships to escort them, and the pirates are not stupid, so how could they seek death.

Let alone pirates, even other fleets would avoid Yang Zhengshan's fleet for fear of getting into trouble.

After two days of sailing, the fleet returned to Tenglongwei Wharf.

When a carload of goods was transported from the wharf to the Acropolis, the entire Acropolis suddenly became boiling.

Goods from Jiangnan are very popular in Liaodong, including exquisite porcelain, gorgeous silk, rare medicinal materials and tea, etc. Each commodity represents huge profits.

The merchants in the Acropolis have been looking forward to the fleet for a long time. Now that the fleet has returned, the merchants are excited to see the carloads of goods.

In the past, they would also purchase goods from Jiangnan, but land transportation is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also requires passing through many checkpoints, and even paying tolls to the green forest bandits along the way. The cost is not ordinary, and now the goods transported by the fleet are much cheaper in price.

There is no need for Yang Zhengshan to arrange. As soon as the goods were transported back to the Acropolis, a group of merchants surrounded the gate of the government office to ask for a list of goods and inquire about the price of the goods.

Seeing this, Yang Zhengshan told Zhou Ren: "Sell all these goods as planned, and then prepare the next batch of goods as soon as possible. We must ensure that we go to Jiangnan twice a month in the future!"

"Don't worry, sir, everything has been arranged. The next batch of goods has been stored in the warehouse, and the fleet can be loaded and set off at any time!" Zhou Ren said with a smile.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Well, you go and discuss with Lord Yu and Sun Cheng to see when the next voyage will be!"

"Yes!" Zhou Ren was also very happy because the government office could earn a lot of money this time.

Although the Weisi government office had developed the salt field before, the government office's finances were still in a state of deficit. If it weren't for the Lan family's strong financial resources, the government office would have run out of money long ago.

Now, the Jiangnan route is open, which means that the government office has another way to make money. Although it cannot guarantee a balance between income and expenditure, it can at least ensure that the government office will not lack money in a short period of time.

Zhou Ren went to sell the goods, and Yang Zhengshan walked into the government office and came to the study.

"Sir, this is the money and food we spent during this period!" Lu Wenhua placed a pile of account books in front of Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan took the account books and looked through them, "How many war horses do we have now?"

"As for war horses, there are more than 2,000!" Lu Wenhua said.

The horse farm of Tenglongwei has been built, but there are still many mares and foals in the horse farm, which naturally cannot be counted as war horses.

"Doesn't that mean there are still 2,000 horses missing?"

"Well, that's right, it's mainly because of the lack of horse feed. We don't have enough horse feed to raise more horses now!" Lu Wenhua said.

"Well, then wait until April to buy horses!" Yang Zhengshan nodded, and then signed his name on the account books.

Clear accounts are Yang Zhengshan's requirement for the government office. Every account must be accurately and clearly recorded, and there must be no vague words.

These accounts are not only for Yang Zhengshan to see, but also for the court to see in the future, so they naturally cannot be sloppy.

Afterwards, Yang Zhengshan briefly learned about the situation in the yamen these days. After finding no major problems, he returned to the Yang family.

At the Yang family, Yu Qingyi, Yang Mingcheng and others had been waiting for him for a long time. When they saw him coming back, they all came to greet him.

"Dad!"

"Master!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at Yu Qingyi, and then looked at the little Mingzhao she was holding.

"Daddy, hold me!" Little Mingzhao seemed to miss him very much, and actually stretched out his hand to ask for a hug.

Yang Zhengshan laughed and held him in his arms, "Are you naughty at home?"

"Mingzhao is the best!" Little Mingzhao shouted.

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help laughing when he saw his well-behaved little face.

"Is there anything wrong at home!" Yang Zhengshan asked Yu Qingyi.

Yu Qingyi smiled very gently, "There is a happy event, the master doesn't know yet!"

"What happy event?" Yang Zhengshan asked puzzledly.

"The third daughter-in-law is pregnant again, just diagnosed two days ago!" Yu Qingyi smiled like a nightmare.

Yang Zhengshan was slightly surprised, then looked at Liang behind the crowd, who blushed and called out, "Dad!"

"Haha, very good~~" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

Actually, he was already accustomed to pregnancy and childbirth at home. His grandchildren were almost enough to form a football team, so it wouldn't be a big deal if there were a few more.

It's not really a surprise. Of course, he still has to show that he is very happy on the surface, otherwise it will make his daughter-in-law feel uneasy.

The only person he cares about now is probably Yang Yunxue. After all, Yang Yunxue is not around, and he will inevitably worry more.

"Take good care of her, and add a daughter to our Yang family, then Minghao will have both sons and daughters!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

"Dad, what if it's still a boy?" Liang asked shyly.

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but smile, "Then wait for the next one!"

Liang nodded gently. She still wanted a boy to carry on the family line for the old Yang family. As for a daughter, well, she didn't dislike it in her heart.

After a brief conversation with the family, Yang Zhengshan turned to Wu Hai and said, "I brought back some fruit wine. You can send two jars to each room later, and put the rest in the wine cellar first!"

Fruit wine is the fruit wine mixed with honey that he made in the space. When he came back, he put it in the cabin in advance.

"Yes, Master!" Wu Hai responded, and took people to drive the carriage outside the door to the backyard.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi returned to the main courtyard, sitting on the soft couch, holding Xiao Mingzhao in his arms, and Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi chatted.

There are many miscellaneous things at home, such as who is getting married and sending a gift.

Well, there are really a lot of red and white things.

Especially in the past two years, many children of the Yang family have married. As the pillar of the Yang family, Yang Zhengshan naturally has to take care of them. He can't go himself, but he must send someone to send a gift.

There are also birthday celebrations, childbirth, promotions, etc., all kinds of interpersonal relationships need Yu Qingyi to handle.

So Yu Qingyi is also very busy.

For dinner, the Yang family held a family banquet, and everyone gathered together for a good time.

In fact, the Yang family does not have so many rules, such as morning and evening visits, and daughter-in-law serving uncles and aunts, so being a daughter-in-law of the Yang family is still very comfortable.

As for the family dinner, there are one or two every month. Usually, each family eats in their own courtyard.

This is also unavoidable. There are too many children. It is so noisy when they get together. If Yang Zhengshan faces these little guys every day, he will probably have a headache.

After the family dinner, Xiao Mingzhao was taken to bed by Qingxia. Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi explored each other until late at night.

The warbler's voice is slippery under the flowers, and the gurgling spring is difficult to flow under the ice.

As the saying goes, thirty is like a wolf, forty is like a tiger. Now Yu Qingyi is as strong as a wolf and a tiger. In addition, her physique, well, in a word, it is very strong.

Maybe because of Yang Zhengshan, although Yu Qingyi is still very conservative and shy, she has become more open in the dead of night and is willing to study various postures with Yang Zhengshan.

...

Time has unknowingly entered April, and spring ploughing has begun again.

In Liaodong, April is the spring, which is the beginning of the year.

After entering April, Tenglong Guard also burst into unprecedented enthusiasm, and everyone devoted themselves to work with a yearning for a better future.

Spring plowing is only one of them. The salt field has started to dry salt again, the engineering team is preparing to build roads, the armor workshop in the government office has started work again, and the training in the barracks has entered a new stage.

"Sir, this is this year's training plan!"

In the study of the government office, Song Dashan handed a booklet to Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan put down the official document in his hand, picked up the booklet and glanced at it.

At present, all the soldiers in the entire Tenglong Guard have completed basic training, but it does not mean that the military camp outside the city will be idle.

The training of the five military camps will not stop. In addition to the garrison mission, the most important thing for them now is training.

The current garrison mission of the five military camps is not much. The city needs four sentinels to patrol, the salt field needs two sentinels to garrison, and there are four sentinels to garrison at the dock.

A total of ten sentries will perform garrison tasks at the same time, that is, 500 soldiers, and the entire Five Army Camp now has 4,000 soldiers. Each garrison time is one month, and the soldiers of the Five Army Camps take turns to garrison, so they have plenty of time to train.

In addition to the Five Army Camps, there is also the Guard Camp. The Guard Camp does not need to perform garrison tasks, and their main task is training and cultivation.

In addition, the Guard Camp is also a training camp, mainly training talented and potential young soldiers.

In the future, the Guard Camp will not be expanded, but it will continue to train elite soldiers.

The children of the Yang family sent by Yang Zhengxiang years ago, the descendants of some officials in Tenglongwei, and the elites selected from other places, such as Luochen, Ningbo, etc., were all thrown into the Guard Camp by Yang Zhengshan for training.

The guards and the five army camps are considered elite, and their training cannot stop. In addition, although ordinary soldiers do not need to keep training like them, Yang Zhengshan also requires them to come to the barracks for training twice a year, with a thousand people each time and a training time of half a month.

At present, there are about 10,000 ordinary soldiers in Tenglong Guard. Excluding the two months of spring plowing and autumn harvest, the remaining ten months are just enough for all soldiers to come to the barracks for training twice.

Except for the soldiers of Tenglong Vanguard, they have their own training camp, and their training content is different from that of ordinary soldiers, so their training is completed separately.

The training plan sent by Song Dashan is the training plan for ordinary soldiers this year.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at it and said thoughtfully: "Should we set up a women's training camp?"

"Women's training camp?" Song Dashan was stunned for a moment, "Sir, is this appropriate?"

There are some female generals in the Darong Army, but there is no women's army.

The reason is very simple. In this feudal society, women are subject to too many constraints, and it is not easy to show up.

Most of the female generals in the army come from the rivers and lakes, or have extraordinary backgrounds, such as Zhou Lan, who comes from the Ningguo Mansion, so she can achieve something in the army.

As for the women's army, letting women join the army as ordinary soldiers is obviously not in line with the customs of this world.

However, Yang Zhengshan feels that it is necessary to establish a women's training camp, because genius is not divided by gender.

There are few talented female warriors, not because there are no geniuses among women, but because women have no chance to become geniuses.

Yang Zhengshan always feels that ignoring women is a waste of talent.

"What's inappropriate?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"This, let women train with men, I'm afraid they will be pointed at!" Song Dashan said hesitantly.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at him and said, "Who said that women should train with men? The women's training camp can be set up separately!"

"Forget it, you don't have to worry about it! I'll let Yunqiao take care of it!"

Song Dashan, a fool, is definitely not suitable to manage the women's training camp, and the most suitable person under Yang Zhengshan is undoubtedly Yang Yunqiao.

"Sir, Yunqiao is my daughter-in-law!" Song Dashan protested.

"She is my apprentice!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"But~~How can a little girl like her understand military affairs!" Song Dashan said.

Yang Zhengshan laughed, "Little girl, haha, I dare say she knows more than you!"

"..."Song Dashan was completely speechless.

Who is Wang Yunqiao? She is Yang Zhengshan's apprentice who has been carefully trained. Although it seems that Yang Zhengshan rarely instructs Wang Yunqiao in the past, it does not mean that Wang Yunqiao knows nothing.

As the saying goes, those who are close to vermilion will be red, and those who are close to ink will be black. Wang Yunqiao grew up in the Yang family, and the Yang family is a military family. How could she not understand military affairs?

Apart from other things, Wang Yunqiao memorized the Thirty-Six Stratagems and the Record of Military Training by heart.

Wang Yunqiao's only shortcoming is probably that she has never really practiced.

In comparison, Song Dashan, a fool, can't even remember all the Thirty-Six Stratagems, and he is just practice makes perfect when it comes to military training.

In terms of knowledge and thinking, Wang Yunqiao is definitely the best in the Song family.

The little girl got married and grew up, and she is no longer the inferior and fearful little girl.

"Okay, you take care of this! You don't have to worry about the women's training camp!"